Went through amber light the other day and there was a traffic light camera there

TooManyPoints

Just to mention you won't get "points coming through". You will get a "Notice of Intended Prosecution" (a NIP) and a request to provide the driver's details (that's the main reason you - or anybody else - won't get points coming through just yet; they don't know who was driving and so don't know who to give the points to).

If you do get a NIP and you name yourself as driver there is a good chance you will be offered a course (provided the offence was not in Scotland and you have not done the same course for an offence that occurred in the three years prior to this incident).

greyteam1959

Going to the zoo ??
😂😂😂

fraser5645

greyteam1959 said:

Going to the zoo ??
😂😂😂

Yes, Chester zoo 😂! Was very wet 

fraser5645

TooManyPoints said:

Just to mention you won't get "points coming through". You will get a "Notice of Intended Prosecution" (a NIP) and a request to provide the driver's details (that's the main reason you - or anybody else - won't get points coming through just yet; they don't know who was driving and so don't know who to give the points to).

If you do get a NIP and you name yourself as driver there is a good chance you will be offered a course (provided the offence was not in Scotland and you have not done the same course for an offence that occurred in the three years prior to this incident).

To be honest I think I am just over thinking and now starting to question myself!!

Didn't know there was courses for running a red light?? Thought that was definite points 

Car_54

fraser5645 said:

TooManyPoints said:

Just to mention you won't get "points coming through". You will get a "Notice of Intended Prosecution" (a NIP) and a request to provide the driver's details (that's the main reason you - or anybody else - won't get points coming through just yet; they don't know who was driving and so don't know who to give the points to).

If you do get a NIP and you name yourself as driver there is a good chance you will be offered a course (provided the offence was not in Scotland and you have not done the same course for an offence that occurred in the three years prior to this incident).

To be honest I think I am just over thinking and now starting to question myself!!

Didn't know there was courses for running a red light?? Thought that was definite points 

It isn't just points or a course. Disqualification is also possible.

But it isn't going to happen in the circs you've described.

Biggus_Dickus

fraser5645 said:

greyteam1959 said:

Going to the zoo ??
😂😂😂

Yes, Chester zoo 😂! Was very wet 

Did you ♫stay all day♫    

nottsphil

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TadleyBaggie said:

A RLC will arm at some point after the light has turned red, somewhere in the region of a second or so. So if you cleared the sensors (usually buried where the white line is) before it turned red, it is virtually certain there will be no action. However passing a light at amber is still an offence (albeit with a statutory defence) and if observed by police could result in a NIP & request to name the driver.

If you are absolutely certain that the light turned red way way after even the cover on your towball crossed the stopline, then there won't be a problem. 

I realise the OP probably wasn't towing a gorilla to the zoo, but it might be interesting if the reg. plate on any trailer went through on red. 

Homer_home

fraser5645 said:

Hello, on Saturday I was traveling to the zoo and the weather was terrible, I was coming up to some lights doing 30 mph, the lights changed to amber but because of how wet it was I didn't feel safe breaking really heavy, but now I'm worried I'm going to get points for going through the light on amber, I'm 99 percent sure it turned red a few seconds after I passed the lights, cheers.

Its a god job there wasn't a car Infront of you then!

Why would you be afraid of braking down from 30 to 0 in the wet ? Its hardly heavy braking , I think you're not being entirely honest and only saw the rlc as you ran the light and panicked!

You hear alsorts of BS on these forums and they are all because of "safety"

Fyi amber is lit for 3 seconds plenty of time to stop in the wet not only that if you are an experienced driver you will be paying attention to the lights long before you reach them and knowing they have been green for a while you should be expecting them to change and should be getting ready for that 

Car_54

Homer_home said:

fraser5645 said:

Hello, on Saturday I was traveling to the zoo and the weather was terrible, I was coming up to some lights doing 30 mph, the lights changed to amber but because of how wet it was I didn't feel safe breaking really heavy, but now I'm worried I'm going to get points for going through the light on amber, I'm 99 percent sure it turned red a few seconds after I passed the lights, cheers.

Fyi amber is lit for 3 seconds plenty of time to stop in the wet not only that if you are an experienced driver you will be paying attention to the lights long before you reach them and knowing they have been green for a while you should be expecting them to change and should be getting ready for that 

1. There may or may not be "plenty of time". It depends entirely on how far you are from the line when the lights change.

2. You don''t need to be an experienced driver. You will have been taught this before your test.

facade

nottsphil said:

I realise the OP probably wasn't towing a gorilla to the zoo, but it might be interesting if the reg. plate on any trailer went through on red. 

The offence is if any part of the vehicle moves (forwards- I believe the wording is proceed) over the line, including an attached trailer.